Andressian Sr. was found later that morning, unconscious in a South Pasadena park. The boy was nowhere to be found. The father told officers someone must have taken the child while he was passed out.

The father told investigators he had taken his son to the park while they waited for a nearby golf course to open. Andressian Sr. said he may have been attacked. He did not remember losing consciousness, he told authorities.

He was arrested that same day, but later released due to insufficient evidence, detectives said.

After his second arrest, he ultimately told investigators where to find the boy’s body, which he had buried in Santa Barbara County, authorities said. The child's cause of death has not been released.